Title: The Triple Eight
1The Triple Eight
- A magic process for attacking the exam.
- Skip Nicholson
2Questions 1 2 Poetry Prose
- Find mark verbs in the imperative and all
conjunctions. - Identify all parts of the task.
- Read the passage attentively and mark it up.
- Watch for patterns of organization, repetition,
echoing, or precedence.
3Questions 1 2 Poetry Prose
- Identify speaker, the audience, the setting, and
the occasion. - Mark shifts in point of view, tone, or the like
mark any significant punctuation/pointing. - In poetry, note if a rhyme scheme or the
arrangement on the page helps reveal
organization. - Identify the main purpose tone.
4Question 3 The Open Question
- Cover the list of suggested works.
- Ignore any opening quotations or other material.
- Find and mark all verbs in the imperative.
- Identify all parts of the task, including any
that might be implied rather than explicit.
5Question 3 The Open Question
- Go back and read the opening of the prompt.
- Decide on a work to use.
- Decide on an appropriate meaning of the work as
a whole. - (optional) Uncover and read the suggested titles.
62000, Q3
- Many works of literature not readily identified
with the mystery or detective story genre
nonetheless involve the investigation of a
mystery. In these works, the solution to the
mystery may be less important than the knowledge
gained in the process of its investigation.
Choose a novel or play in which one or more of
the characters confront a mystery. Then write an
essay in which you identify the mystery and
explain how the investigation illuminates the
meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
7- Many works of literature not readily identified
with the mystery or detective story genre
nonetheless involve the investigation of a
mystery. In these works, the solution to the
mystery may be less important than the knowledge
gained in the process of its investigation.
Choose a novel or play in which one or more of
the characters confront a mystery. Then write an
essay in which you identify the mystery and
explain how the investigation illuminates the
meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
8- Many works of literature not readily identified
with the mystery or detective story genre
nonetheless involve the investigation of a
mystery. In these works, the solution to the
mystery may be less important than the knowledge
gained in the process of its investigation.
Choose a novel or play in which one or more of
the characters confront a mystery. Then write an
essay in which you identify the mystery and
explain how the investigation illuminates the
meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
9- Many works of literature not readily identified
with the mystery or detective story genre
nonetheless involve the investigation of a
mystery. In these works, the solution to the
mystery may be less important than the knowledge
gained in the process of its investigation.
Choose a novel or play in which one or more of
the characters confront a mystery. Then write an
essay in which you identify the mystery and
explain how the investigation illuminates the
meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
10- Many works of literature not readily identified
with the mystery or detective story genre
nonetheless involve the investigation of a
mystery. In these works, the solution to the
mystery may be less important than the knowledge
gained in the process of its investigation.
Choose a novel or play in which one or more of
the characters confront a mystery. Then write an
essay in which you identify the mystery and
explain how the investigation illuminates the
meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
11- Many works of literature not readily identified
with the mystery or detective story genre
nonetheless involve the investigation of a
mystery. In these works, the solution to the
mystery may be less important than the knowledge
gained in the process of its investigation.
Choose a novel or play in which one or more of
the characters confront a mystery. Then write an
essay in which you identify the mystery and
explain how the investigation illuminates the
meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
122005, Q3
In Kate Chopins The Awakening (1899),
protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess
that outward existence which conforms, the
inward life which questions. In a novel or play
that you have studied, identify a character who
conforms outwardly while questioning inwardly.
Then write an essay in which you analyze how this
tension between outward conformity and inward
questioning contributes to the meaning of the
work. Avoid mere plot summary.
13- In Kate Chopins The Awakening (1899),
protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess
that outward existence which conforms, the
inward life which questions. In a novel or play
that you have studied, identify a character who
conforms outwardly while questioning inwardly.
Then write an essay in which you analyze how this
tension between outward conformity and inward
questioning contributes to the meaning of the
work. Avoid mere plot summary.
14ALL 3 QUESTIONS
- Write down a plan. Do not let the prompt dictate
your organization. - Leave a space for an introduction.
- Remember your audience.
- Write legibly in ink.
15- Refer often to the text but avoid direct
quotations of more than four words - Avoid plot summary and paraphrase.
- Follow all detail from the text with your
commentary use the ratio of two pieces of your
commentary to every one of detail from the text. - Avoid name calling, the identification of
literary elements without explaining why the
writer is using them.
16GOOD LUCK!
- and plan so that you wont need it.